Associated Press – September 6, 2010 1:25 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah receiver DeVonte (de-VON’-tay) Christopher and safety Brian Blechen have been named Mountain West Conference players…
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UNLV Football Lacking Without BYU Cougars
With BYU football leaving the Mountain West Conference and becoming independent, UNLV Rebel sports will lack high-profile games against its rival, the Cougars.
BYU football goes independent; other sports to WCC
BYU says it is leaving the Mountain West Conference and will go independent in football while joining the West Coast Conference in all other sports in the 2011-2012 school year.
WAC demands $5M from both Fresno State, Nevada
Associated Press – August 30, 2010 4:35 PM ET DENVER (AP) – The Western Athletic Conference is demanding a $5 million exit fee by Oct. 25 from Fresno State and Nevada, which are bolting to the…
UNR Prez: Mountain West offer too good to refuse
Associated Press – August 19, 2010 8:25 PM ET RENO, Nev.
Nevada couldn’t refuse offer to bolt WAC for MWC
Associated Press – August 19, 2010 6:55 PM ET RENO, Nev.
WAC commish calls latest departures ’selfish’
Associated Press – August 19, 2010 2:25 PM ET SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – The commissioner of the Western Athletic Conference says the remaining members aren’t likely to make it easy on Fresno State…
Mountain West turns tables with additions of Fresno State, UNR
When asked what his thoughts were on leaving the Western Athletic Conference with six members at the end of a hectic day, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson managed to sound somewhat cryptic Wednesday.
UNLV brass reacts to conference expansion … yet again
While taking his daughter down to Southern Cal for her freshman year of college on Tuesday, Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson made a stop in Las Vegas for breakfast with an old friend — UNLV athletic director Jim Livengood. Livengood said he and his pal talked about pending conference expansion and how it could affect both the WAC and the Mountain West Conference.
Nevada Moving To Mountain West Conf In 2011
Nevada is leaving the Western Athletic Conference to be reunited with rival UNLV in the Mountain West Conference within the next two years.